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Contacts for journalists and reporters only. For information about contacting KQED, please visit the Contact Us page. Please send press releases or news story ideas directly to KQED Radio Programs contacts.
Scott Walton, Executive Director of Communications
415.553.2145
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Yoon Lee, Director of Media Relations & Promotions
415.553.3338
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Meredith Gandy, Associate Publicist
415.553.2116
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| KQED Public Radio Awarded Over $1 Million for Its Premiere Statewide Service, THE CALIFORNIA REPORT |
Grants from The James Irvine Foundation and The California Endowment Help Establish Central Valley News Bureau and Produce Expanded State-wide Health Care Programming
San Francisco, CA, August 6, 2001 -- The California Report, KQED Public Radio's flagship statewide news program has received two major grants to establish a San Joaquin Valley news bureau, and to expand programming and outreach related to California's health care issues.
The James Irvine Foundation will provide $350,000 over two years to launch a news bureau in the Central Valley. In the past, The California Report has produced special reports like the four-part "Great Valley" series and an award-winning look at the state's contemporary real estate crunch, "Land Rush." The grant will enable The California Report to cover the Valley as extensively as it does other regions in which it has bureaus -- San Jose, Sacramento, and Los Angeles, in addition to its headquarters in San Francisco. This investment mirrors the growing importance of the Valley; its population will triple by the year 2040 according to some estimates. The largest issues facing its residents, such as land use, shifts in industrial sectors, the environment and increased diversity, affect California residents in every part of the state.
"A new Central Valley bureau will enable The California Report to continue its outstanding state news coverage that listeners won't find anywhere else. The tremendous growth and development there makes a Valley bureau crucial," said Jo Anne Wallace, vice president and general manager of KQED Public Radio. "We are grateful for the generosity of The James Irvine Foundation for making this expansion possible."
The California Endowment's two-year, $760,000 grant will help The California Report air statewide community forums, "Health Dialogues," produce news stories and develop a Web site on California health issues. It will also provide participating public radio stations funds for related programming and outreach activities. The program will address obstacles that underserved communities face when accessing the California health care system. By discussing perspectives of racial minorities, immigrants, rural communities, non-English speakers and low-income individuals, the program will provide insight into components of the health care system in which policy decisions may benefit the most.
This grant is a continuation of The California Endowment's 1998 two-year grant to The California Report, which established the series' special health reporting, including the "Health Dialogues" forums. The Dialogues were created to foster discussions among California policymakers and citizens on the barriers to health care and other health issues which affect the state’s culturally and ethnically diverse communities.
"In a state as vast and varied as California, it's rare to have a statewide conversation where people from different regions can hear one another speak about the challenges affecting their health and health care," says Scott Shafer, host of The California Report. "This grant will enable us to provide such a forum for citizens, policymakers and patients throughout California."
The California Report, hosted by journalist Scott Shafer, is a daily statewide news and public affairs program produced by KQED Public Radio and broadcast on public radio stations across the state. It attracts nearly half-a-million listeners across California each week. Listeners can visit the program’s Web site for further information at kqed.org/tcr.
KQED operates KQED Public Radio 88.5 FM, the most-listened-to public radio station in the nation; KQED Public Television 9, the nation's most-watched public television station, and Digital Television 9, Northern California's only public television digital signal; the KQED Education Network, which brings the impact of KQED to thousands of teachers, students, parents and media professionals through workshops, seminars and resources; and kqed.org, which harnesses the power of the Internet to bring KQED to communities across the Web.
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